WI need a new look team or something, get some talent in there and really good coaches. snag some athlete's from basketball and track n field (and other sports) that previously would have gone for cricket.

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Considering Windies are down to their bare bones I'm really surprised Andre Russell can't make it into the ODI team.

he hasn't stepped up like they wanted him to obviously, his batting average has dropped and his bowling average has increased. he's also been horrendous in his t20 chances and selectors probably put quite a bit of weight from international t20 performances when considering selections for ODIs. he was looking like a quality all rounder at one point. use to think he should be pushed into the test team as the pace all rounder (sammy's spot) but now i'm not sure.

narine needs to start performing again, don't be fooled by his overall average, in the last 12 months (26 matches) he's averaging 36.67 with a strike rate of 47.9. he had a terrific first year but his second year hasn't been very rewarding.

just look at the numbers, 38 test matches, batting average of 21 and bowling average of 35 and in ODIs 107 matches, batting average of 23, bowling average of 44.

bravo has a test batting average of 31 from 40 matches, he's got more tons and more half tons, his bowling average isn't as good as sammy's though, but it's still under 40 and he's got more 4fers/5fers.

russell has only played 1 test match, which was admittedly horrendous but he's got a really good FC record.

but sammy is pretty much picked as a bowling all rounder, he's the 3rd pacer a lot of the time, why not pick a russell who is a much more genuine wicket taking bowler, who can actually contribute even more than sammy can with the bat?

the ODI stats of bravo and russell prove they add more value than sammy.

what they should do, in tests at least is play russell as the 3rd seamer as a bowling all rounder, bravo can play as a batting all rounder at #6. ramdin the keeper bats inbetween at #7 and then your top 5 consists of chanderpaul, darren bravo, gayle and 2 others who deserve it probably picking from samuels, powell and edwards. they could really use sarwan. a top 5 which has gayle, chanderpaul, sarwan and darren bravo would be quite competitive as they're all 40+ averaging test batsmen.